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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.
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Value Investing

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.
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Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.
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American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.
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Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.
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Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.
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Over-The-Counter (OTC)

A security that is sold outside of an exchange.
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Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt
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Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means
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